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Resist: It's Time
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We are still in this together, but "this" is going to be real different in the very near future. This demands a different kind of "we."
The French Resistance during Nazi occupation played important roles delivering downed Allied airmen back to safety, supplying military intelligence, and acts of sabotage.
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It's time.
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Go to your local range and ask. They will be your suppier of ammo and training so they will give good advice of what works where you are.
That works well enough if you're a straight CIS white male, but it's not a particularly inviting place if you aren't.
It is true that there are plenty of ranges out there that cater to the fascists. There are also ones that don't. RangeUSA is a chain store that has locations across the midwest and east Texas, and I've found them to be very nice. I'm sure there are other ranges out there like it.
Sure, there's a world of difference between catering to the fascists and a place that asks patrons to leave their politics at the door. But how is someone from a marginalized group supposed to know which range is going to be welcoming and which merely walking through the door is an invitation to harassment or worse. I'm not necessarily specifically addressing the OP, but anyone in this position who simply doesn't know where to start.
As an example, local to me is an excellent facility that is utterly poisoned by the clientele. Not only politically, but the (lack of) range etiquette that has developed in that political sphere is frankly, dangerous.
Two key rules were drilled into my head growing up around firearms: treat every gun as if it's loaded, and guns are not toys. I don't see those rules being respected among the right wingers, even many with the training to know better.
If the range is not vigorously enforcing safety, you don't want to be there regardless of politics. This is one of the reasons I mentioned RangeUSA. Both of the stores I've been to, there's a range safety officer on the back line all the time, and they take their shit seriously. I was transferring loose rounds into an empty package "caddy" outside of the lane, and a guy stopped almost immediately to check that I wasn't loading magazines. Another guy gave me shooting advice because he'd been watching what I was doing. And I've seen all sorts of people in there every time I've gone, both customers and employees.
Just like anywhere else, you're not going to know unless you go in, or if you're able to talk to people who already have. Google reviews can be helpful; I know there's a couple of places in my area that I'm avoiding on that basis. Of course, you will probably have more luck finding a "clean, well-lighted place" in a populated area than in a rural one, but again, that goes for everything, not just shooting ranges.
Well, my experience is mostly with rural gun clubs, so range officers just aren't a thing except during scheduled events. At that point, it's basically incumbent on the club members to police themselves. I've seen that work well and I've seen it work very poorly. Actually, come to think of it, the specific range I mentioned used to be great. The facility is still excellent, but the old timers that made it that way have passed and the current crowd seem to view firearms as a talisman for manhood.
But the point I was trying to make is that Step 1 should probably be to reach out in your community, check reviews, etc, not to walk blindly into a potentially hostile situation. If you have a good range available, then sure, it's a great resource.
I have been reaching out. Apparently so have many others, and there is not room for all of us newbies right now.
I can imagine, especially depending on what part of the country you're in. There is mostly pretty good advice in this thread. Beyond what's already been said, all I can say is keep your eyes open, trust the "vibes" of a situation and be safe.